dsmith84 (Drew Alan)

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Will NOW fall into disrepair? Have you seen it lately? That is about as bad as it gets. Lawrence doesn't need an olive garden that badly, there is a locally run Italian restaurant across Iowa street even!

Transfers no longer automatically lose a year of eligibility. They ARE required to sit out a year, but they also can (and most do) take a red-shirt during their sit-out year. For examples of this see Rodrick Stewart and Jeff Withey, both of whom transfered after one semester of their freshman years, and sat out 2 semesters, then started their careers at KU as second semester freshmen. (Withey is just a sophomore this year).

Don't say less kids get to PARTICIPATE. Less kids get to START games. the same number of kids can participate, and do so under the direction of the high school coaching staff, against high-school caliber competition. One of the best ways to get better at sports is to train against people who are a little bit better than you, it raises your level of play pretty quickly.

Kids in sports that are not offered at the junior high level (Soccer, for example) have already been doing this for years, and yes the transportation of kids is an issue, but the parents made it work. There was a group of 5 or 6 of us from West Junior High who played soccer at Free State and our parents set up a carpool system.

Plus, parents of athletes who don't just play the school offered sports are already used to hauling their kids and teammates to practices and often to Kansas City for competitions. Surely getting the kids from the junior highs to the high schools can't be that big of an issue.

Also, as 9th graders, most kids should/could have a learner's permit, and driving to school related activities (such as a school sponsored sport) should be covered under the limits of the learner's permit, right?

something tells me they could have done something with all that money to improve the quality of education of those students by more than $50/student. A new computer lab, better equipment for gen-ed classes, etc. $50 in college is half of a textbook now... so it seems it could have gone farther used in one big chunk rather than 7500 smaller chunks.

how do all of those loyal local shoppers feel about having to either go to walgreens to get their scripts or having to transfer away from walgreens? I guess a corporate pharm would be the one willing to buy all those scripts.

keep your prescriptions local. If you want the type of personal care that Round Corner offered, Orchards Drug is excellent, as are Jayhawk, Medical Arts, and Sigler.

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